Pocket Gmail is Good for PIE

I'm still getting used to the word "PIE" for Pocket IE. I generally like pie. However, I don't like PIE. (At least not in its default form.) But that's another story. This story is just to report that Gmail has now released a Basic HTML version of their application, and it's compatible with IE 4.0 and up -- the version that PIE equates to, by default.

It's taken a while for Google to answer the pocket crowd's cries, however, and in the meantime, a few other 3rd-party, PIE-compatible Gmail login points have sprung up. As the creator of the popular and oh-so-cute Wiggster Pocket Gmail site noted recently though, they may no longer be needed as Google finally catches up with the rest of us.

[And yes, I do think the Wiggster PC interface is cute, however, it uses an iPAQ. Ick. Give me a Toshie any day... although, as we all know, no more Toshie PPC's to be made. Sadness abounds.]

But I digress. In addition to Wiggy's site, there are a few other "Gmail-Lite" sites around, including at ThePlaceForItAll.com and PC-Counselor.com. These are all derived from Gan Yinghung's fantastic, open source Gmail-Lite project.

Alternatively, add Gmail as an RSS feed:

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom you@gmail.com password

Wiggster has also produced a Smartphone-friendly version, GmailSmart, with another cutie interface for PC browsers, this time using what looks like a Motorola V600.